Garden structures focus of walk

Published: Sunday, September 14, 2003 at 2:43 p.m.

Last Modified: Sunday, September 14, 2003 at 12:00 a.m.

ASHEVILLE -- Garden structures such as trellises, walls, benches and fences provide beauty and interest in the landscape. They also provide functions such as plant support, shade and shelter. Join North Carolina Arboretum gardener Kelly Franklin on a walking tour featuring a variety of garden structures at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 24. The tour starts at the Visitor Education Center.

Participants will view garden spaces defined through the use of natural materials such as stones and boulders as well as through the creative use of agricultural materials including 4 x 4 posts and fencing.

Franklin holds degrees in horticulture from Western Piedmont Community College and in grounds and recreation management from Catawba Valley Community College. He has been a gardener at the arboretum for three years and is a Burke County native.

The North Carolina arboretum is located in Asheville, next to the Blue Ridge Parkway entrance ramp at Milepost 393, 2 miles south of Exit 2 (U.S. 191/Brevard Road) off I-26. Arboretum grounds are open seven days a week. Property hours are 8 a.m. to 9 p.m., April through October and 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., November through March. Parking Fees: $6 per personal motor vehicle, $25 commercial vans and $45 tour buses.

For more information, call the arboretum at 665-2492 or visit www.ncarboretum.org on the Web.

<p>ASHEVILLE -- Garden structures such as trellises, walls, benches and fences provide beauty and interest in the landscape. They also provide functions such as plant support, shade and shelter. Join North Carolina Arboretum gardener Kelly Franklin on a walking tour featuring a variety of garden structures at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 24. The tour starts at the Visitor Education Center.</p><!-- Nothing to do. The paragraph has already been output --><p>Participants will view garden spaces defined through the use of natural materials such as stones and boulders as well as through the creative use of agricultural materials including 4 x 4 posts and fencing.</p><p>Franklin holds degrees in horticulture from Western Piedmont Community College and in grounds and recreation management from Catawba Valley Community College. He has been a gardener at the arboretum for three years and is a Burke County native.</p><p>The North Carolina arboretum is located in Asheville, next to the Blue Ridge Parkway entrance ramp at Milepost 393, 2 miles south of Exit 2 (U.S. 191/Brevard Road) off I-26. Arboretum grounds are open seven days a week. Property hours are 8 a.m. to 9 p.m., April through October and 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., November through March. Parking Fees: $6 per personal motor vehicle, $25 commercial vans and $45 tour buses.</p><p>For more information, call the arboretum at 665-2492 or visit www.ncarboretum.org on the Web.</p>